1:37:52 A fine report on binge drinking and how horrible it is and the report I mean it starts within one second you're already like oh my god How is this possible? How can this actually be on on television particularly this guy this jabroni they brought in? and here and I'm stalling. Oh, let's do a 15 second pre-roll. SunshineDrapery.com. What's the name of the reporter? He may be a freelancer that's actually working for somebody else. Doesn't say. Let's see, maybe it's at the beginning of the report. Binge drinking is on the rise. That's according to a new study looking at America's drinking habits. And this trend seems to be consistent for all adults.
1:38:36 Binge drinking is consuming five or more drinks in one day. We've got Percy Menzies. He's the president of the Assisted Recovery Center. How does that work? Five or more is binge drinking? If you take a bottle of scotch and then chug it, I think that's kind of binge drinking. Five or more in a whole day is binge drinking? No, no, no, no. It's a unique clinic in Chesterfield and also the city of St. Louis that treats alcoholism and drug abuse through a proven non-addictive drug therapy called Vivitrol. Oh, did you hear that? A proven non-addictive drug therapy called Vivitrol.
1:39:14 Can you look that up, Vivitrol? I thought it was Vivitrol, but yeah, I'm looking it up now. I'll listen again to what he says. ...in Chesterfield and also the city of St. Louis that treats alcoholism and drug abuse through a proven non-addictive drug therapy called Vivitrol. Yeah, Vivitrol. Percy, thanks for coming in again. Thank you for inviting me. Are you surprised by this or do you say, you know, usually when the economy is bad, people do look for a crutch? It's very common because people have so much time at hand. and boredom and loneliness gets him to start using drugs or alcohol. Alcohol is the easiest because all you do is grab a six pack or a bottle and start out with that.
1:39:51 Who is this clown? It is easy because all they do is grab a six pack or a bottle and they start. Typically I start to masturbate when I'm bored and lonely but no some people are actually drinking. A disturbing trend now if you look at the studies less and less people are going to restaurants or they're going to bars because they cannot afford it but they are going buying cheap cheap liquor and drinking at home. You were even hearing some of these wineries shutting down. Absolutely. Cheap liquor. cheap liquor cheap liquor and drinking it at home you stupid slaves you got to go to expensive restaurant and buy something expensive we're gonna jack up the prices on your cheap liquor there was a story yesterday saying that wines over $10 a bottle are in real trouble because people are buying very cheap liquor
1:40:38 That's how they try to... Does that corroborate with your studies, John? No, it's bogus. I mean, that's what I mean. It's like, studies, studies, lots of studies. Oh, the science is in. Oh, lots and lots and lots of studies. Science! Science! Science! I tracked this. There's a newsletter that comes out that I don't track it, they track it. And I... It's not just bogus. It's just lies. It's lies. It's lies. To save money. But what they're doing is destroying, then hurting themselves as they do it. So what do you, at Assisted Recovery Centers of America, what do you do? You talk about Vivitrol and also the therapy that goes with it. Yeah, we talk about treatment of alcoholism, particularly telling them that if you have this problem, do not just say, I can do it on my own, I can get well. We try to get them into treatment as quickly as possible, get them back to work.
1:41:23 literally within a day or two, but they have to come for therapy, they take the medication. Oh, it's a vaccine. John, I swear to God, they're showing a vaccination, they're showing a needle being stuck in someone's arm with a Vivitrol. Yeah, yeah, I'm reading about it now. Because when they're also drinking, there may be issues with anxiety, depression, other issues, and you need to treat both symptoms simultaneously. Well, as the economy was failing, you opened up a second location in Chesterfield, and you talk about timing. That's when you started seeing an increase. Yes, we have been seeing it for the last two years So the increase is not only alcohol but a huge increase in people addicted to pain medications like Vicodin Oxycontin and now heroin Heroin is a major problem in the st. Louis metro area. It's unbelievable unbelievable. I'm not How could
1:42:09 that be with the opium production up? Never heard of such a thing. It's not just the people in the inner cities all over. It starts off with oxycodone or hydrocodone and then very quickly goes to heroin. As far as any type of... Yeah, overnight. Hey doc, can I get a prescription for some heroin? I need some heroin. Let me go hit the streets. It's only ten bucks. It's nice and cheap. Just like your liquor. So many ways you can volunteer at either a city or a non-profit group, go to church, go exercise in this beautiful weather, now in the evenings run, skate. Guys, shut up. I can't listen to him. Did you look up Vivitrol? Yeah, it's a relatively new product. It is an injectable. It was started off as a, actually he kind of mentions this, as an antidote to, it will keep you from having withdrawal symptoms if you're on opiates.
1:43:33 But I guess somewhere along the line they found it was actually a very harmful product, but it seems to work well with the treatment of alcohol dependence. In other words, I don't know what alcohol dependence is, but I guess it means people have to drink. What does a hit cost and how often do you have to take it? I've been trying to find out how often you need it. There's a lot of information here, so we're gonna have to follow up on this. No, please do. There are indications that Nelrexone, Neltrexone, which is the, or Neltrexone, I don't know, Neltrexin, might be beneficial in the treatment of impulse control disorders such as kleptomania or pathological gambling.
1:44:21 And you can take a shot for that. This is, oh, excellent. Clinical trials are on, this is going to be the next miracle drug. You can just see this coming down Broadway. Oh yeah. And they're just testing the public. In St. Louis. Clinical trials, perfect, middle America. Clinical trials are ongoing regarding the use of naltrexone. in combination with another drug, bupropion, as a weight loss therapy, so that means everybody will be taking it. Autism, Dr. Jack Pansap of Washington State University has conducted studies using naltrexone to treat patients with autism. He found that half of the autistic children treated with the drug became more social. So this thing is like, this thing is a- It's a miracle drug. A witch's brew of some sort. I'm sure it wasn't made by Apple. It's magical.
1:45:08 It's magical. It's magical. So we'll look into this a little further because I'm sure that there's more to this than just the simple story. I have a lot of links that I want everyone to check out under the heading science. Science! USA Today report. This is a great headline, John. 2000s were warmest decade on record. Global warming undeniable. Undeniable! The science is in! You can tell John and I aren't big fans of the science of global warming, but there's some good links in there. Particularly check out the seven eminent physicists skeptical of man-made global warming. Oh those guys are... they're maniacs! Yeah, one of them is Esther Dyson's dad. Yeah, I know. He's a maniac. Probably one of the few geniuses walking the planet. Yeah, he's crazy. He and the science is in.